I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church.… — Quindon Tarver Copy Share Image
It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
There is this image of a guy in a hot tub, drinking champagne with two buxom blondes. But that is not the… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced. — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast… — Coco Rocha Copy Share Image
I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
All the kids - well, I don't know about the girls in the family, but all the boys - worked in my… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
In Bavaria, many homes have a cosy room which is all wood and is filled with special things. My grandfather had such… — Juergen Teller Copy Share Image
When I am an old man, I will tell my grandchildren bedtime stories about when I won the Champions League, hopefully when… — Angel Di Maria Copy Share Image
Ironically, I come from a family of lawyers - my dad, my grandfather, and now my oldest son. And some of my… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't know if your memory is because you really experienced it or because you look at your old pictures. I… — Anton Corbijn Copy Share Image
My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying… — Gary Sheffield Copy Share Image
The family believes that my grandfather, Mark Felt Sr., is a great American hero who went well above and beyond the call… — Mark Felt Copy Share Image
Not only my parents but the whole family was involved in the resistance - my grandfather and grandmother, my uncles and aunts,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Learning the lessons of the past allows you to walk boldly in the light without running the risk of stumbling in the… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I love storms and how the whole house shakes. When I was a kid, there would be lots of thunder and lightning… — Feist Copy Share Image
They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I didn't suspect the day Grandfather came out and got me and my sister, Lula, and hauled us off toward the ferry… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Belgarath and Garion effortlessly hurdled over the driftwood and loped off into the fog. "It's going to be a wet day," Garion… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I've got deep roots in Kalamazoo, with a grandfather, Harold Allen, who was a big part of Upjohn Co. for many years… — David Means Copy Share Image
Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that? — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
“The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.” — Cristina García Copy Share Image
I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
'Wheeler Dealers' is the grandfather of all the car restoration shows - it's the originator. — Ant Anstead Copy Share Image
The comparison between Harry Cohen and my grandfather is not one that bears close examination. — Nicholas Soames Copy Share Image
I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins… — Dichen Lachman Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. — Nik Wallenda Copy Share Image
My grandfather gave me a watch. It doesn't have any hands or numbers. He says it's very accurate. I asked him what… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“As his grandfather said in that sage Pequot Indian manner of his, Wringin’ your hands only stops you from rollin’ up your… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
We had a small farm growing up. It was my grandfather's farm, and we didn't torture the animals, and we didn't feed… — Sandra Lerner Copy Share Image
You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought that… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.' — M. C. Gainey Copy Share Image
Too young,too young,she chanted to herself. Wrong,of course. I was older than her grandfather but according to my driver's license,she was right. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a popular senator, known as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, including the line-item veto for the president. — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
